Spiced Cherry Smoothie Bowl with Chocolate

This recipe is for cherry, chai and chocolate lovers. Is that you? It’s a sweet, fruity smoothie full of vitamin C, spices that are protective, therapeutic and regulatory like cinnamon and ginger, and plenty of plant based protein.

Ingredients

Smoothie

1 banana

1 cup frozen cherries

1-2 cups hemp milk, as desired or needed

1 scoop Genuine Health fermented vegan proteins+ vanilla

Scant 1/4 cup cashews

2 dates

1 dry packet chai tea

Chocolate

1 tablespoon cocoa powder

1-2 tablespoons hemp milk, as needed

1 tablespoon maple syrup

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

Instructions

To make the smoothie: blend all ingredients together until smooth and adjust according to taste (i.e. add more of whatever you like).

To make the chocolate: stir together the ingredients until smooth. It might take a moment for the cocoa powder to incorporate into the wet ingredients-- just keep stirring gently.

Pour your smoothie into a bowl or glass, drizzle with the chocolate and - optional - sprinkle on some seeds, dried fruits and nuts! Enjoy!

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Emily von Euw is the creator of This Rawsome Vegan Life, a blog dedicated to sharing wholesome, raw, vegan recipes and information about the lifestyle. She is currently writing her first cookbook all about raw desserts. Emily lives In Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is studying at university. She enjoys anything outdoors, as well as experimenting in the kitchen, reading, getting to know her readers, petting her cats, and dancing! In the future she hopes to build a tiny house on wheels and travel somewhere tropical to leave among nature. For now, she just wants to make delicious, healthy, cruelty-free recipes for you.